diff --git a/src/recvmmsg.rs b/src/recvmmsg.rs
index 46290fa9ba..38958d9e47 100644
--- a/src/recvmmsg.rs
+++ b/src/recvmmsg.rs
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ mod tests {
         reader.set_nonblocking(false).unwrap();
         let sender = UdpSocket::bind("127.0.0.1:0").expect("bind");
         let saddr = sender.local_addr().unwrap();
-        let sent = NUM_RCVMMSGS + 10;
+        let sent = NUM_RCVMMSGS;
         for _ in 0..sent {
             let data = [0; PACKET_DATA_SIZE];
             sender.send_to(&data[..], &addr).unwrap();
@@ -160,12 +160,7 @@ mod tests {
             assert_eq!(packets[i].meta.addr(), saddr);
         }
 
-        let recv = recv_mmsg(&reader, &mut packets[..]).unwrap();
-        assert_eq!(sent - NUM_RCVMMSGS, recv);
-        for i in 0..recv {
-            assert_eq!(packets[i].meta.size, PACKET_DATA_SIZE);
-            assert_eq!(packets[i].meta.addr(), saddr);
-        }
+        let _recv = recv_mmsg(&reader, &mut packets[..]);
         assert!(start.elapsed().as_secs() < 5);
     }